Too Much Energy [Moe, Nao]

It was almost surprising to Moe that she connected with her little tackle, what was more surprising was that she landed on Nao and then pretty much bounced off her. Ugh, she should have been able to stick that pin and then who'd be laughing, instead, she was eating dirt again. It wasn't fair, she didn't have any cushions to soften the blow either.

"Alright, no time for pullin' punches then."

Moe scrambled back to her feet with much less grace than her opponent, and then that wave of that reiatsu washed over her. It was enough to drive most of the air from her lungs, leaving her gasping for breath just as she was trying to compose herself. But if she was gonna go down, it was not gonna be at the hands of a little spirit pressure.

Gritting her teeth, the equally noble but abundantly less-stacked shortie loosed a desperate cry and flung herself forwards once more. Her sword came around one more time, thrusting forwards as she elected to lunge at Nao to try and drive her back. Her own reiatsu came with it, though it also paled in comparison to her peer. She was the Rising Star, just right at the bottom of her climb.

Ah fuck, that move sounded really cool.

There was little time for Moe to react as Nao suddenly split into three, her original thrust being caught by one whilst the other two struck at her from the flanks. It was all over in a blur, far too fast for the peppy little upstart to manage, and then she was back on the floor with a much more audible oof. Her weapon slipped out of her hand, clattering to the floor, and she just lay there for a moment or two. She wanted to get up, to keep on fighting, but she was beaten.

"Owww. Alright, alright. You got me."

She was not thrilled at having been defeated, but the truth was that she'd been outmatched from the get-go. All she could do was learn from the experience, pick herself up (in a minute or two), and come back later to kick Nao's butt for real.

Moe rolled over onto her back, looking up at Nao with a mixture of newfound respect and poorly-stifled pain. She didn't really think she would beat Nao next time, not unless they didn't fight for a long while - and she had kinda enjoyed herself even if her entire being was sore. It took everything out of her to move her body and that big old lump of metal, so when the adrenaline wore off she was done for.

"You're on, God Spear. I could go for a soak and a mountain of food right now."

It would have still taken her a while longer to get up had Nao not intervened, and, though she wanted terribly to shrug it off and say that she could manage, her support was the difference between them getting to the Hot Springs anytime soon or Moe having to crawl there over the course of several hours.